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By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | “Lynching” is a word that should be discarded from political discourse, especially throughout the South where thousands died from racial terror after the Civil War.
President Trump, now under intense scrutiny in a growing impeachment inquiry by the U.S. House of Representatives, tweeted in a diatribe in the wee hours of Oct. 22 that “All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here – a lynching.”
No, Mr. President. You’re wrong. You are not being lynched. You are not being physically ripped from the White House, bundled up ropes and taken by a mob for execution by shooting, hanging, burning or something as horrible.
What is happening, sir, is that you are facing the very process you deny is happening – due process required by the Constitution to investigate whether you and your administration violated the law in discussions with a foreign country. For the U.S. House – Democrats and Republicans – to do less is for them to abrogate their sworn duty.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | It’s been two weeks since Tom Steyer came over for supper.
On a campaign swing through Charleston, the billionaire presidential candidate sat down with a few people to eat Rodney Scott’s awesome barbecue and ribs and have a beer. Well, he actually had one glass of wine. He is, after all, from California. I didn’t intend to write about this visit because I didn’t want it to seem like an ad for a guy running for the Democratic nomination. (I still don’t know who I’ll vote for in the February primary; there is no GOP primary, so I won’t be voting in that one.)
IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Palmetto Goodwill plans for another 40 years of impact
BRACK: Steyer’s barbecue visit showed his passion and pragmatism
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
GOOD NEWS: IAAM groundbreaking to be Oct. 25
FEEDBACK: Says Tecklenburg is leader for city’s needs, future
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big, white building
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry Laurens PInckney
CALENDAR: Harvest Festival set for Nov. 2 with bluegrass, family fun
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | A weekend family trip to New York City was simply delightful, an adjective we never thought of using to describe the Big Apple.
The weather was moderate. People were relatively friendly. The bagels and pizza were awesome. And two attractions provided a “wow” that still lingers.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | John Tecklenburg is Charleston’s only viable and reasonable choice for mayor Nov. 5 if the city wants to remain on the path to deal with flooding, traffic and more.
Over the last four years, he’s provided critical leadership to move us forward with dozens of infrastructure projects from stormwater and flooding improvements to new fire stations, improved and new parks, road improvements, affordable housing and community centers.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | There’s been more drama recently among S.C. Education Television leaders than on Downton Abbey.
The chairman of SCETV and two others resigned this week after months of scheming to try to get more money from the nonprofit endowment that has pumped in millions of dollars to ensure South Carolinians get high-quality public programs.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Charleston will have a series of big parties next year as the Holy City celebrates the 350th anniversary of its founding.
In 1670, English settlers first set up on Albemarle Point along the Ashley River, only to move 10 years later to the peninsula for better health and safety. They built a palisade wall around the settlement to become the only English walled city in what would become the United States, according to historians Jack Bass and Scott Poole.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The ad wars in the Nov. 5 Charleston mayor’s race have started. So far, they offer vivid depictions of the differences of the two top candidates, incumbent John Tecklenburg and councilman Mike Seekings.
(Yes, there are four other candidates in the race but they won’t be much of a presence in other than obligatory references in news stories; they’re not really raising the money they need to spread their messages with impact on television.)
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Bill Herbkersman wanted to do something to make a difference after Hurricane Dorian. So he got some disaster relief supplies and flew them to Treasure Cay, part of the decimated Abaco Islands of the Bahamas.
A seasoned developer and Republican state representative from Bluffton, Herbkersman made two roundtrips Sunday, each leg of which is about 90 minutes. He plans to make three trips daily for most of the rest of the week. On each trip, his Cessna 182 single-engine plane, which he describes as a “Suburban with wings,” can haul about 1,100 pounds of whatever he can get — water, food, disinfectants, cleaning supplies and medical supplies, such as stethoscopes, gloves and medicine.
“They need every thing over there,” he said Sunday night from a staging base in Fort Pierce, Fla. “The people who are doing triage over there said they can really use baby powder and those bottles with bubbles in them for kids so they can keep the kids’ minds off of what happened. … Even a book club can get a case of baby powder.”
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